Chapter 213: The Message (Ch 711953151)

Only after Ikura captured Naoto Tanimoto did he have time to communicate with the Sand Ninja elite jonin Yuma.

Yuma’s current condition was not good. He had just been besieged by five people and had consumed a lot of his physical strength and chakra. He was also seriously injured during the battle. Later, when facing the large-scale water escape technique that Ikura used to rescue him, he was the only one who was hit.

So Yuma is in great need of treatment now. But the conditions on the scene obviously don’t allow it, and Yuma doesn’t fully trust Ikura.

Ikura also knew what Yuma was thinking, so he didn’t explain. Instead, he first got out the cloud ninjas buried by the S-level ninjutsu from the ground, confirmed their identities in front of Yuma, and then handed the captured Naoto Tanimoto to Yuma.

In this way, Ikura showed that the Rock Ninja had no ill will towards the Sand Ninja. Ikura also said that the Rock Ninja was willing to form an alliance with the Sand Ninja to fight against Konoha and the Cloud Ninja together.

Yuma accepted the good intentions of the Iwagakure and promised to convey the intention of the Iwagakure to the Fourth Kazekage. Then he declined Ikura’s invitation to return to the Iwagakure to recuperate, and insisted on taking Naoto Tanimoto back to the Sand Village immediately.

He really needed to bring back the news of Naoto Tanimoto’s attack on them to the village as soon as possible, and the information about the Byakugan mentioned by Naoto Tanimoto was also important information.

Only after Youzhen and Naoto Tanimoto left did Yichen and the others come out from the darkness.

Looking in the direction of the Wind Country, Yi Chen felt a little regretful. Naoto Tanimoto was a Storm Release ninja, and Yi Chen’s next bloodline would most likely choose Storm Release.

If Naoto Tanimoto could be brought back to the village and interrogated thoroughly, Yi Chen might be able to gain some results.

But Yi Chen also knew that forming an alliance with the Sand Ninja was a big deal, and the prisoner Naoto Tanimoto was the best token of his allegiance.

Although the Cloud Ninja’s sneak attack on the Sand Ninja has been confirmed, this only applies to Yuma, an elite jonin. His say in the Sand Ninja Village is not enough to decide the village’s strategic direction.

The opposition can directly question what Yuma said.

But if Naoto Tanimoto is brought back, the Sand Ninja will have to think about how to deal with the provocation of the Cloud Ninja.

Seeing Yi Chen still looking in the direction of the Wind Country, Ikura smiled and said, “Well, how did you harvest today?”

Yi Chen retracted his gaze, shook his head and said, “The gains were not great. The distance was too far, and although the Cloud Ninja used several Lightning Releases, each was only used once. Although we have some guesses about those ninjutsu, it is impossible to complete the research and development.”

“Moreover, the Kumo Ninja used A-level and B-level ninjutsu this time. These ninjutsu are too complicated. It is impossible to learn them secretly without observing them dozens of times.”

“Of course, if you can observe it up close, it would be fine if it happens less often, but that’s impossible.”

After hearing what Yi Chen said, Ikura felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved. If it was so easy to learn B-level and A-level ninjutsu, it would be too exaggerated.

You have to know that when a ninja has a complete training method, it takes a lot of time to practice to learn a B-level ninjutsu.

“Let’s go back to the village first.” Ikura no longer bothered about it.

Yi Chen nodded, looked at the direction where You Zhen left, and then followed Ikura back to the village.

After Yi Chen returned to the village, he began practicing Chidori upgrades as there was still about a month left before the third round of the Chunin Exam.

Although Lightning Release Stimulation Technique, Chidori and Chidori Style are not strictly speaking A-level ninjutsu developed by Yi Chen himself.

But in this process of half learning and half development, Yi Chen’s mastery of the thunder attribute is still constantly improving.

Yi Chen estimated that after completing the Chidori Style training, the lightning attribute would almost meet the requirements for practicing Chakra Fusion, and Yi Chen could proceed to the next step.

Therefore, Yi Chen even arranged to practice fairy arts after the third Chunin Exam.

Of course, this also takes into account that the fairy technique is the biggest secret of the Iwagakure Village. There are too many ninjas from other villages in the village now, so it is not appropriate to be too ostentatious.

However, before developing Chidori Style, Yi Chen felt it necessary to first learn the few C-level ninjutsu that he had secretly learned from the Cloud Ninja. This learning process would definitely help in developing the lightning attribute.

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After the second round of exams, the Iwagakure returned to its peace, but the other large ninja villages were not as leisurely as the Iwagakure.

Not only did the Cloud Ninja send out Naoto Tanimoto and several others, but the Third Raikage also stationed a support force in the waters near the Land of Earth.

The leader of the support team was the future Fourth Raikage Yeyue Ai and his younger brother Kirabi.

Yeyue Ai waited for the large group of Cloud Ninjas who had returned directly from the Joint Chunin Exam, but did not wait for Naoto Tanimoto.

Not only did he not get any Byakugan, he didn’t even get any accurate intelligence.

The jonin who returned with a group of genin only said that Tanimoto Naoto had led a team to attack the Sand Ninja. It was originally agreed that Tanimoto Naoto would catch up and join them after he succeeded, but although he tried to slow down his pace, he still didn’t wait for Tanimoto Naoto.

Yeyue Ai paced back and forth on the island, exuding an irritable aura. No one else dared to say a word, only Kirabi’s strange rapping never stopped.

“Stupid brother, you still don’t understand. Naoto Tanimoto is definitely finished. He has lost his Byakugan and his life.”

Yeyueai, who was already unhappy, felt veins throbbing on his forehead. He punched Kirabi on the head to stop him from rapping.

After a while, Yeyue Ai said, “Let’s go back to the village.”

Seeing that Yeyue Ai finally gave up, the others all breathed a sigh of relief. They had been waiting here for several days. Adding the time that the people who took the exam deliberately delayed on the way back, Naoto Tanimoto was about five days behind schedule.

Everyone knew that something was wrong, but no one dared to offend Yeyue Ai. Now that Yeyue Ai finally decided to give up waiting, everyone else felt relieved. The pressure from Yeyue Ai’s violent shadow level was too great.

All the Cloud Ninjas cast grateful glances at Kirabi, thanks to Kirabi for allowing Yeyue Ai to vent his anger.

Unlike the inexplicable feeling of failure on the Cloud Ninja side, the Sand Ninja side first experienced great sorrow and then great joy.

First, a large number of mid-level and low-level ninjas fled back to the Kingdom of Wind, bringing back news that the team returning from the Joint Chunin Exam had been attacked. This caused panic among the Sand Ninjas, who speculated whether someone was targeting them and trying to provoke a war.

After all, the Sand Ninja is feeling guilty now. In the past wars, the Sand Ninja was the only one who used all his strength.

The Kage and Jinchūriki of Konoha and Mist Ninja did not appear on the field, and there was still one Jinchūriki of Rock Ninja and Cloud Ninja who had not been dispatched.

Only the Sand Ninja played all his cards. In the end, he still couldn’t retrieve even one.

But just as the head of the Sand Ninja border was expediting the news back to the village and was making some preparations within his ability for the possible war, Yuma came back and brought back the captured Naoto Tanimoto.

The person in charge of the outpost was not sure whether the village leaders would be as flustered and embarrassed as he was after the news of You Zhen’s return reached the village. Anyway, while he felt embarrassed, he was more relieved.

Fortunately, it was not the Iwagakure who attacked the Sand Ninja this time. He was afraid that this joint Chunin Exam was a conspiracy of the Iwagakure. If the Iwagakure were to target the Sand Ninja, there was a high possibility of a war. The two countries were also neighbors, and the small countries in between were simply ignored by him.

But now that the Rock Ninja has been replaced by the Cloud Ninja, it will be easy to deal with. Anyway, the Cloud Ninja will most likely not launch a large-scale war against the Sand Ninja from such a distance.

Especially when they heard that Yuma was able to escape danger because of the support of the Iwagakure, the border ninjas had a much better impression of the Iwagakure.

When Yuma returned to Sand Village safely under the escort of the border ninja, the top leaders of Sand Village had basically reached a consensus. Most people agreed to form an alliance with Rock Village.

Originally, they expected that other ninja villages would ignore the embarrassing situation of the Sand Ninja because they were busy with post-war reconstruction. But it turned out that other big ninja villages not only ignored the embarrassing situation of the Sand Ninja, but also ignored their military deterrence.

The Cloud Ninjas dared to launch a direct attack on the Sand Ninja team. It is clear that they do not take the current Sand Ninjas seriously.

The most painful thing was that the Sand Ninjas themselves felt that the Cloud Ninjas had seized the opportunity very well and hit their vital points. At the high-level meeting, no one even proposed to retaliate against the Cloud Ninjas.

Therefore, when Yuma brought back Naoto Tanimoto and confirmed the Iwagakure’s intention to form an alliance, the top management immediately passed the resolution to form an alliance with the Iwagakure. The alliance was scheduled to take place during the third joint Chunin exam at the Iwagakure Village.

As for the news about the Byakugan brought back by Yuma, the top brass discussed it for a few sentences and then stopped paying attention to it, because the current Sand Ninjas can’t do anything. Who will eventually get the Byakugan has nothing to do with the Sand Ninjas.

After the high-level meeting, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa stood alone at the window of the Kazekage’s office, looking at the village in front of him, with all kinds of thoughts churning in his mind.

Luo Sha, who had successfully ascended to the throne during the war, thought he could show his talents and bring the Sand Ninja to a new level. But it turned out that he thought too much. When managing the village, force could not help him much.

After the original top leaders were purged, the interest groups they represented are still there, and the new top leaders are not much better than the original ones. Except for being a little younger, they are no different in terms of conservative thinking.

If the daimyo had not blocked a large amount of the Sand Ninja’s military funds, and if Rasa had not had a mining plug-in and could have allocated military funds to place his confidants, he, the Kazekage, would probably have been sidelined.

Thinking of this, Luo Sha looked at a corner of the Sand Village, where Chiyo lived in seclusion. Luo Sha was dissatisfied with Chiyo, because Chiyo, who was originally his biggest helper in getting to the top, continued to live a secluded life after returning to the village.

This gave the old forces that were suppressed by him and Chiyo a chance to rise again.

“In a few years.” Luo Sha thought to himself, “In just a few years, I will be able to gain most of the power, and then I can take action against these people.”

Then Luosha turned his gaze to the north, which was the direction of the Land of Earth.

“Perhaps, through this alliance, we can speed up the transfer of power in the village.”

There were only slight disturbances on the Cloud and Sand Ninja sides, but it was really lively on the Konoha and Kiri sides.